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one-way ticket

British  

noun

  1. Also called: single ticket.  a ticket entitling a passenger to travel only to his destination, without returning

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Personal discontent is a one-way ticket to intellectual automation.

From Salon

"For the first time in my career, I feel free," he said at the time, before booking a one-way ticket to Brazil.

From BBC

"Breaching any of the orders is a one-way ticket to immediate imprisonment. It's up to you," Lloyd added.

From BBC

When I first flew on a one-way ticket to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 1993, I arrived with no job, no contacts and no Thai beyond a few phrases acquired from a military language instruction cassette.

From The Wall Street Journal

Overwhelmed by guilt, and embarrassed she fled the country in a bid to escape her unhappiness, booking a one-way ticket to Bangok.

From BBC

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